Page 629 - Credit Transfer

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A weird thing happened during Sunday's MTM stream. Hitbox.tv recently expanded its monetization options to all of its users, not just its partners. So now there's a Subscribe button on my hitbox livestream channel. And two people subscribed to it, which costs like $5 a month. (And it's super weird because I already have the Patreon and I'm in the middle of being endlessly grateful for everyone who's supporting me there, and...)

So... yeah, to justify that option existing now, you'll probably see me doing a lot more livestreaming in the future, maybe even to a weekly schedule. (Not immediately though. My region of the world is experiencing the tail end of a heat wave and I'm trying to go easy on my computer.)

I've always felt off in my Fallout Equestria game. My character is pretty altruistic, but it seems like the general world at large sees it as a bad thing. Yet, some NPCs seem to find my kindness to be something missing from the world and want to share in it, but at the same time they don't want to acknowledge it so they put on some tough-pony attitude or jerk facade so they don't appear weak to other NPCs... it's confusing.

...*Ahem* If it makes you feel any better Digo, my cleric is altruistic like none other and even the world itself seems hell-bent on screwing him over for it. But then, you know this by now. Ironically, this just seems to give him more reason to continue being altruistic despite it all. Dang, I really need to get back to playing my cleric again.

@Evilbob: No, that implies he seeks out and enjoys being screwed over at every opportunity. He's more hot-blooded than anything, really. Unwilling to let the fact that his life is cursed and that his companions are almost always self-serving change who he is and what he wants to do.

Still, there are times when I wonder if the DM throws this crap at him because he enjoys watching me act out his reactions to it all. *Shrug*

I know exactly what you mean, Digo! Except it was with a character in a WH40K setting... so I guess the whole grimdarkness of the entire setting made those actions seem suspicious with hidden intent or something.

Huh, being the kind of person that always makes sure that credit is given when it's due (especially when the person doesn't want it), I find that kind of weird.

Or at least I would if I hadn't just remembered that my first DnD group was like this to the point where many a sessions turned into shouting matches over who did/got/convinced/seduce/etc what. Things thankfully mellowed out over the years. Sadly, I can't say that I miss that time or that group. I'm having a much better time nowadays.

Despite the fact that only Rarity would technically fit under this description (which means Twilight definitely wouldn't see this coming), I'm happy to see the whole 'honor amongst thieves' concept going between the CE barbarian and LG Ranger. It's weird, but it does make me kind of giddy inside.

Early in my role-playing days, D+D. It almost turned away from RPGs.
The DM had us meet a big-shot (Not sure if he WAS the BBEG) who had given us a quest, but made sure he got the lion's share of the loot while LAUGHING about it.
Being a newbie, I figured that the GM was just being a jerk and determined to kill his character out of spite. Another player joined the attack "just because" while the more experienced players yelled warnings.
"Rocks fell, everybody died" so to speak.

"Hello. I see you are here for my head, and it seems there is nothing I can do to stop you. But before you proceed, please notice the rope tied to my body. If it were to become detached from me, or if my body were to go slack for any reason - say, if I were to die - the floor beneath us would open into a pit of...well, let's just say you would have just enough time for your brains to process reports of your tails dying - possibly your hindquarters too, if you think quick - before you lost consciousness. I note that none of you are presently able to fly."

Unfortunately, the villain forgot about the "shoot the rope from outside the room" solution.

if there's one thing that impresses me with this comic, it's how you manage to keep people learning friendship lessons. It's honestly kinda incredible how you managed to weave your own adventures with the same graphics and characters.

My bard archivist in a ponyfinder would probably do that if given the chance (heck, one of the archivist's bard performances is to talk his opponents to sleep, so there's a valid game reason to do so). Sadly, I doubt that game will advance to that point any time soon...if ever.

The voice I always read Celestia's lines in is based on her canon voice, but without such a strong sense of serenity; more casual and less melodic. I basically read all her lines in tones she used in A Bird in the Hoof. Occasionally I get to use her angry or stern tones from Lesson Zero, Canterlot Wedding, or Return of Harmony, but I can't imagine her regular formal voice right when I'm not listening to it anyway.
Today is more of a Crystal Empire day: direct and to the point.

*Oh*, I see where this is going. Twilight wins the race, earning a Gala ticket. And she discovers an ancient tomb, earning a Gala ticket. So now she has two Gala tickets and five friends who want tickets, and next we'll be getting the Friendship is Dragons version of The Ticket Master.

Then either they'll go through some series of shenanigans and end up earning the full set of tickets shown at the end of The Ticket Master, or we'll come back to that clip after they each individually go through some shenanigan to obtain one.